Happy Friday my friends!

How are you and how was your week? Wow, mine was intense: very busy but most of all, very emotional because yesterday was Aurora`s last day of Kindergarten. I took her picture in the morning and then compared it to the one I took on her first day at the end of August and I couldn`t believe how much she changed in just ten months, she looked like a little girl in the first picture and like a big, big girl in the second. That made me cry first and then realize that kids grow so fast and that I always concentrate on planning their days, weeks, months in detail and I often lose perspective and don`t enjoy the little moments. I have always struggled with it, because having everything planned makes me feel that everything is under control, but I decided now to try and focus on living more in the moment and enjoying every second with my precious little kids! I know it is very hard, but i will try!

Ok, now I will stop ranting about this because otherwise I will start crying again…

Today I wanted to give you the recipe of the really good brownies that I made last week for the kids Summer party.

Good morning friends and happy Tuesday, I hope you had a nice weekend. We did, I am very happy because we got to clean up our deck and porch and get them ready for Summer. This weekend and the next we have some parties planned, so everything will look very nice.

Today I want to share with you an amazing recipe of Paleo chocolate chip cookies. The story behind these cookies is that around four weeks ago I decided to follow a new (for me) nutrition plan. I realized that I was eating way too many sweets and as you know, I have a sweet tooth and sometimes when I start eating sugar, it is hard for me to stop. So I realized that the only way to stop for me was to stick to a plan.

I like this nutrition plan because it offers a weekly menu, so it was easy to plan the grocery shopping (which is not my favorite thing to do) and the meals, which sometimes I find hard because I run out of ideas. The idea of the plan is to eat gluten and dairy free (very hard, especially for the dairy free part because I used to eat a yogurt every morning for breakfast). I was allowed to have a cheat meal on one day of the weekend, which didn`t mean that I could binge, I had to stick to the dairy and gluten free but I could also be a little less strict. So, long story short, last Saturday I decided to make these cookies to treat myself and I have to admit, I may or may not have eaten a LOT of them (still not much self control), but at least they were pretty healthy!